While in Melbourne, we made a trip by bus to Phillip Island to see the Little Penguins. Of the 18 known species of penguins, these are the only ones in Australia and they are the smallest - standing about 13 inches tall and weighing 2 1/2 lbs. Native to Australia, the adults leave their borrows on the dunes and go into the sea to fish. They stay in the water until sunset and then come ashore to regurgitate what they have consumed to share with their mate and offspring. If they have no young they might stay in the water as long as a month. We waited under our umbrellas in the gusty wind and rain until dark and watched these intrepid adorable little creatures march out of the sea and up onto the Iand. We were not allowed to photograph them so this is a post card which will give you an idea of what we saw. The other pictures show a little of the coast line and a penguin burrow.
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